FAQ - Frequently asked questions
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Contract and plans
How long is the contract term?
There is no minimum term in our contracts. We don't believe in locking our customers into long agreements. Our aim is to build a product so good that you'll never want to switch systems. That's why our contracts come with just one month's notice.
You'll be invoiced monthly in advance.
What does the pricing model look like?
Pricing is based on the number of active users in the system, and you pay monthly in advance.
You get access to all our features, including AI, for one single price. You can see everything that's included here.
Get in touch for a quote tailored to your organisation!
Data security and GDPR
Is Hailey HR EU-sovereign?
Yes. We have chosen to store and process personal data exclusively within the EU, using only EU-owned sub-processors – with no exceptions.
We also audit our sub-processors' own sub-processors to ensure they meet the standards our customers expect.
How do you approach GDPR?
Hailey was founded to offer a fully GDPR-compliant platform with no grey areas. This shapes every choice we make:
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Which features we build and how they work
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How access to data is managed and made available within your organisation
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Where data is stored and when it is deleted
We never want our customers to have to worry about GDPR compliance in Hailey. You decide for yourselves how long data is kept before it is made unreadable.
By keeping all your employee data in one place, you'll always know where it is, making it easy to delete whenever you need to.
Is Hailey HR ISO 27001 certified?
Yes, we are.
ISO 27001 is an international standard for information security that requires structured processes, clear policies and proactive risk management.
Where is the data stored?
Hailey HR is a cloud-based HR system. All sensitive data is stored on secure servers provided by our partner UpCloud, a Finnish-owned company (Business ID 2431560) with GDPR-compliant data centres in Europe.
Personal data is encrypted at rest using AES-256, and all communication with our services is secured by HTTPS using TLS 1.2.
You'll find full details of this, along with our sub-processors, in our Trust Centre.
Who has access to what data on the customer side?
You decide who will see what based on your roles and rights. By default, employees can only see limited information about the organization - and this can be tailored to your needs. The adaptation takes place in our authority structure, where administrators distribute rights regarding access to various parts of the system.
How do you handle data after contract termination?
You can export all master data to an Excel-compatible file. There is step-by-step documentation on how to export your information from the system. For security and backup reasons, Hailey HR saves data 30 days after the end of the agreement, and then all data is deleted.
Data concerning the business relationship between you as a customer and Hailey (e.g., agreements and billing information) is saved.
Can we use single sign-on (SSO)?
It is possible to log in with SSO from Microsoft, Google and Okta. Take a look at our integrations for more information.
What is crypto shredding?
We use crypto-shredding to ensure maximum data security. It is the practice of rendering sensitive data unreadable by deliberately overwriting or deleting encryption keys used to secure that data.
If a user wants to exercise their right to be forgotten, we can easily delete the appropriate key, effectively "shredding" the encrypted data.
The difference between a payroll system and Hailey
Can we ditch our payroll system and do everything in Hailey HR instead?
No, you still need a payroll system. But we do recommend that Hailey becomes the master system for all HR data.
Both absence reporting and other employee data changes can be listed in our change report and exported to the payroll system.
If your payroll provider offers an API, you can build an integration to send data directly to the payroll system. The actual payroll run is still done in your existing payroll system but with data from Hailey.
See our integrations here.
We usually keep our master data in our payroll system – why should we move it to Hailey HR?
Some companies are used to managing their master data in their payroll system.
Managing your master data in Hailey instead makes it much easier to work with your employee data. A payroll system is mainly built for handling pay – Hailey handles most of the processes that involve your employees.
For example, you can integrate Hailey with the rest of your system landscape to create a single source of truth that can be used across your entire organisation.
Support
What kind of support can we expect?
Are there guides and resources we can use on our own?
Yes! We have a comprehensive help centre with clear, step-by-step guides showing you how to get the most out of each feature. And of course, if you have any questions, we're only an email away.
Implementations of HR systems are usually time-consuming and cumbersome. What does the implementation of Hailey look like?
We've designed a carefully thought-out implementation process that's tailored to your needs and the size of your company.
Our approach combines efficiency with flexibility, ensuring a smooth transition that works in the long term.
We focus not only on the technical implementation, but also on making the change a success across your organisation.
Our goal is for you to go live with a system that:
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Your key people feel confident using
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Improves your HR work from day one
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Becomes a natural part of your organisation's everyday work
Get in touch and we'll tell you more!
Tech
How long are backups stored?
Backups are kept for 30 days. All other data is disposed of from the data stores provided by Azure.Our backups are stored for 30 days. After 30 days, all data is deleted and cannot be restored.
What APIs and integrations are available?
Are backups done on a regular basis?
Yes, data is backed up every day.
What does the SLA and operating capacity look like?
We guarantee a minimum availability of 99.8% for the service, which is in line with the agreements we have with our suppliers.
What languages do you support?
Hailey HR is built for use across many markets, with settings for language, time zone, date format and currency. Language support
As of autumn 2026, Hailey is available in 25 languages – and we're adding new ones all the time:
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Swedish
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English (US and UK)
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Danish
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Norwegian
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Finnish
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Polish
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German
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Spanish
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French
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Romanian
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Dutch
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Czech
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Estonian
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Slovak
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Hungarian
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Lithuanian
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Japanese
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Traditional Chinese
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Simplified Chinese
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Italian
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Korean
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Latvian
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Portuguese
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Ukrainian
Users can easily switch between system languages themselves. We add new system languages based on customer requests.
Is there a particular language you'd like to see? Get in touch!
How often is new functionality released?
We work in four-week sprints and release new features and improvements as soon as they've been tested and are ready to use.
Because we release continuously, we summarise everything each month in our product updates.